Rig Veda (translation and commentary)

by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382

The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...

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Rig Veda 10.154.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये युध्य॑न्ते प्र॒धने॑षु॒ शूरा॑सो॒ ये त॑नू॒त्यज॑: । ये वा॑ स॒हस्र॑दक्षिणा॒स्ताँश्चि॑दे॒वापि॑ गच्छतात् ॥
ये युध्यन्ते प्रधनेषु शूरासो ये तनूत्यजः । ये वा सहस्रदक्षिणास्ताँश्चिदेवापि गच्छतात् ॥
ye yudhyante pradhaneṣu śūrāso ye tanūtyajaḥ | ye vā sahasradakṣiṇās tām̐ś cid evāpi gacchatāt ||

English translation:

“To those who engage in battles, heroes who have given up their lives, or who have presentedthousands of offerings, to them (O dead one) go.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yamī;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bhāvavṛttam ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये । युध्य॑न्ते । प्र॒ऽधने॑षु । शूरा॑सः । ये । त॒नू॒ऽत्यजः॑ । ये । वा॒ । स॒हस्र॑ऽदक्षिणाः । तान् । चि॒त् । ए॒व । अपि॑ । ग॒च्छ॒ता॒त् ॥
ये । युध्यन्ते । प्रधनेषु । शूरासः । ये । तनूत्यजः । ये । वा । सहस्रदक्षिणाः । तान् । चित् । एव । अपि । गच्छतात् ॥
ye | yudhyante | pra-dhaneṣu | śūrāsaḥ | ye | tanū-tyajaḥ | ye | vā | sahasra-dakṣiṇāḥ | tān | cit | eva | api | gacchatāt

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.154.3 English analysis of grammar]

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

yudhyante < yudh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“fight; overcome.”

pradhaneṣu < pradhana

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

śūrāso < śūrāsaḥ < śūra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

tanūtyajaḥ < tanūtyaj

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

sahasradakṣiṇās < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasradakṣiṇās < dakṣiṇāḥ < dakṣiṇā

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”

tāṃś < tān < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

evāpi < evā < eva

[adverb]

“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”

evāpi < api

[adverb]

“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”

gacchatāt < gam

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

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